Southwest Airlines

Two is Better Than one When we think of companionship, most of us automatically think of romantic relationships. Although this is a common view of companionship, there are other ways it can be interpreted: with friendships, acquaintances, family members, teachers, and the list goes on. On Tuesdays with Morrie, the Author Mitch Albom presents a few examples of companionship. Through Morrie’s interactions, we examine different examples that portray aspects of companionship revealed: with Mitch,…

WestJet is a culture and customer based airline which provides a unique sense of its own friendliness to fulfill customer satisfaction and accomplish high demand and growth of market share (Buchanan, 2012). The goal of WestJet is “to enrich the lives of everyone – customers, employees and people in WestJet’s world by providing safe, friendly and affordable air travel” (Westjet, 2016). WestJet believes that their passionate and always caring attitudes are the essential foundations of their…

140 million dollars, 1.4 tons of cash. That is what Dr. David Gao received after being violently dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight. With such a settlement, it seems that the company shows their sincere apology to the physically and mentally tortured passenger. However, if we look into this entire incident from an economics perspective, it is not hard to recognize that all the company did was to ensure it’s own benefit, and all the settlement and so-called “apology” is nothing but…

As airlines prepare to report fourth quarter earnings next week, the industry is a position to report record profits. Even in a highly competitive industry, airlines have remained competitive thanks in large part to plunging oil prices. Recently, airlines made headlines when three of the largest U.S. airlines announced they would hike prices for the first time in 6 months. ChartEPS On Tuesday, Delta will be the first airline to report fourth quarter earnings. After impressing shareholders in…

contract (Confirmation #: H6966S, Ticket #: 0062190901982) My daughter was scheduled to fly from Atlanta to Anchorage on December 26th, but was refused boarding due to an error committed by Delta Airlines. I believe I am entitled to a full-refund as this situation was caused directly and solely by Delta Airlines. My daughter age 14 was traveling as an unaccompanied minor (UM) (per Delta policy), the reservation, also per delta policy, was required to be made with a Delta representative, rather…

Alaska Airlines is one of the most respected airlines in the United States. They are best known for their high-performance levels of process control and tracking control systems. The airline flies more than 100 locations not only in the United States, but also in Canada and Mexico. High levels of process control systems ensure the delivery of baggage in twenty minutes or less from the plane arrival to the gate. If the airlines fail to meet the twenty minutes, they reward the passenger with a…

Etihad airway is one of the most successful airlines as it has already been recognized as the World’s leading airline three times consecutively. The success of Etihad airways just established within just ten years as is recognized as one of the fast growing airlines in the history of commercial aviation. The airline was founded in July 2003 by the Royal (Amiri) decree and started its operations on November 2003. They are known to be the national airlines of United Arab Emirates with their head…

Air India: How to survive to live another day? When Rohit Nandan took over as the CMD of Air India in 2011, he had a single objective in his mind i.e. to recover India’s very own airline from the humungous debt that it had accumulated over the last few years. Starting as the flag bearer for India aviation industry, Air India had had many fruitful years, but in recent years it had nosedived to losses becoming one of the worst performing PSUs of India. Being a state owned enterprise, the attitude…

fares to enable and attract more people to fly to more destinations often. This is a low-cost carrier airline in Australia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group. Jetstar operates an extensive domestic network and is the world’s largest long-haul low cost carrier. Jetstar also operates in Asia and has future plans of expanding their service internationally. It is the first airline in Australia to allow customers to select their seat upon booking. Jetstar only operates in the…

Introduction 1. Business Analysis of Aegean Airlines In 1999 founded the Aegean Airlines becomes the first Greek private company licensed aviation. Primary destinations were Athens, Thessaloniki and Heraklion. Then flights to Rhodes, Chania, Alexandroupoli, Kavala and Kerkyra. In March 2001 the company opens the Business Class service and joins forces with the Cronus Airlines and now travels to 11 destinations in Greece and abroad 7. In 2009 a very good year for Aegean after doing a proposal…